Brigadier General CHT Lucas was CO of the 87th Brigade on the Somme. An Old Contemptible and Captain in the BEF, he had spent 1915 in the Dardanelles. This blog is made up of his Diary entries and letters written in the Summer of 1916. These are his words, published on the corresponding day as when they were written in 1916. In August 1916 his brigade was withdrawn from the Somme and deployed to the Ypres salient.
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Saturday 18 June 2011
War Diary Entry: 18th June 1916
Brigade parade to practice the attack at 6am. Corps and divn commanders turned up. Church at 11.30am. Date of going up into the trenches postponed. Dined with the KOSBs.
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